Bensa, Alexander von, 1820-1902

LC control no.	no2020007904
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bensa, Alexander von, 1820-1902 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bensa, Alexander de, 1820-1902 Bensa, Alexander von, der Jüngere, 1820-1902 De Bensa, Alexander, 1820-1902 Pensa, Alexander von, 1820-1902 Von Bensa, Alexander, 1820-1902
See also	Assistant to: Obermüllner, Adolf, 1833-1898 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Birth date	1820-07-15
Death date	1902-01-01
Place of birth	Vienna (Austria)
Place of death	Vienna (Austria)
Field of activity	Painting Watercolor painting History painting Genre painting Battles in art
Profession or occupation	Painters Watercolorists Genre painters
Found in	Obermüllner, Adolf. Die Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition 1872-1874, 1875 (name not given) Rudolfinum, 2005, pages 255-257, consulted online January 16, 2020: page 255 (in discussion of Adolf Obermüllner's cycle of paintings to illustrate the Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpolexpedition of 1872-1874: the paintings are based on drawings by expedition leader Julius von Payer; the human figures represented are by Alexander Ritter von Bensa and the animal staffage by Ludwig Gustav Volz) <https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Rudolfinum_2005_0247-0263.pdf> German Wikipedia, January 16, 2020 (article title: "Alexander von Bensa"; Alexander Ritter von Bensa (born 15 July 1820 in Vienna, died 1 January 1902 in Vienna); Austrian genre and battle painter; frequently collaborated with Adolf Obermüllner by painting the human figure staffage in the latter's landscapes, including his "North Pole" pictures) Deutsche Biographie, January 16, 2020 (Bensa, Alexander von, index entry) <https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd101934802X.html> Wien Geschichte Wiki on Stadt Wien website, consulted January 16, 2020 (article title: "Alexander von Bensa der Jüngere"; Alexander Ritter von Bensa (the younger), born 15 July 1820 in Leopoldstadt [Vienna], died 1 January 1902 in Vienna(?), genre and battle painter; son of the painter Alexander de Bensa the elder) <https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Wien_Geschichte_Wiki?curid=8653> Gröning, Maren. "Bensa, Alexander von," in Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, v. 9 (1994), consulted online, January 16, 2020 (artist ID: _10117164; Thieme-Becker name: Bensa, Alexander von (Ritter); other names: Bensa, Alexander von (der Jüngere); Pensa, Alexander von; Ritter von Pensa, Alexander (der Jüngere); Gill, M.; gender: male; date of birth: 1820.07.15; place of birth: Vienna-Leopoldstadt; date of death: 1902.01.01; place of death: Vienna; Bensa (or de Bensa or Pensa), Alexander von, Austrian painter; according to Fuchs also used the pseudonym M. Gill; studied landscape painting; first exhibited 1841; painted battle scenes and genre scenes; in the landscape paintings of Adolf Obermüllner he frequently painted the staffage figures, as in the North Pole pictures, 1875) "Bensa, Alexander von (Ritter)," in Bénézit dictionary of artists, published online 31 October 2011; consulted online via Grove Art online, January 16, 2020 (Bensa, Alexander von (Ritter); Austrian, 19th century, male; born 15 July 1820, in Vienna; died 1 January 1902; painter, watercolourist; military subjects, battles, hunting scenes, horse racing scenes, genre scenes)